1. At frame 0, make several vector layers (you could also use image layers). On each vector layer, in about the same place, have different versions of the same thing - you might have several versions of a hand, or a face, or eyes, or mouths. Name the layers appropriately e.g. fist front, fist back, ...

Just confirming what Selgin said:

Fahim, speaking for efrontier, said here that Render would be added to standard version with the upcoming update.

Regards, Myles.

Given the UI of the program, I had always assumed its' origins were Mac based. Originally released as Moho on BeOS. Its creator and still the main developer, Mike Clifton, developed a C++ based custom GUI that he has since been able to port to Macs, Windows, and Linux - an impressive effort. I susp...

Greetings, im wondering if this program supports importing of scanned images or photoshop projects Yes - but read on. how does the program actually differentiate from the drawing and blank paper in the background when it animates. Basically you have to do some work beforehand before using the charac...

I suspect nobody has replied because nobody knows a way to change those keyboard shortcuts - I don't think there is a way of changing those particular shortcuts.

Regards, Myles.

Hi Sruli. There are a couple of ways to do it. One way is to make all layers child of a Group layer, by dragging them onto the Group layer. If you are using the standard version and not the Pro version, a Bone layer without bones can act as a Group layer. Then assign the entire Group layer (and its ...

Greetings! If you only work with a single image, the best you'll get will be image warping, as in Tutorial 4.2 and Tutorial 4.3. The best way to do it is to slice your image up into "puppet" pieces, patch up any problems at the joints/edges (if it's a photo use cloning, if it's artwork use...

For more detail on slowtiger's first option, see Tutorial 4.4

Regards, Myles.

Some of the lossless codecs (HuffYUV, Lagarith for AVI; Animation at full quality or PNG codec for Quicktime) are good for the intermediate editing stages, in that you don't lose quality through mutliple lossy compression stages, yet the playback software may be better at handling the smaller filesi...

Hi Josh, Apart from the File -> Render, a known problem which will be fixed when the update comes out, everything else should be okay. Are you sure you are looking in the right folder? I assume you are talking about Frank in Tutorial 1.4 C:\Program Files\e frontier\Anime Studio\Tutorials\1 - Basics ...

Going back to Vern's first suggestion: When you've finished the animation part, duplicate the layer with the original fill (this also duplicates any point motion), move it above the shading layer but keep it in the masking group, set it to not be affected by the masking (and not act as a mask), and ...

Some further detail on one of Vern's suggestions: Go into the File menu, and select Project Settings... Choose a project Dimensions setting from the Presets drop-down list. The default is only 320x240 - small but good for quick-rendering previews, some Internet sites, email attachments, and some mob...

Hi J You're doing everything correctly. Gradients don't show in the working preview. File -> Render will be added to the standard version in a minor update due out some time soon. In the meantime, you can only see the gradient by exporting your animation - File -> Export Animation from frame 1 to fr...

Hmm, you shouldn't need to do those first two welds at all. You can just click and continue the line.

Here's a quick tutorial on drawing a triangle.

Regards, Myles.

You can even press "P" as you're drawing with the Add Point tool, to peak the current point (the one coloured red). I find this useful.

Regards, Myles.